![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/our-village-will-become-a-ghost-town-if-bungling-council-gets-its-way-we-stand-to-lose-everything/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/protesters-gathered-outside-home-67-830088027.jpg&description=RIPPED APART Published : 7:23, 7 Jul 2023 Updated : 7:23, 7 Jul 2023 RESIDENTS are fearing their village will turn into a ghost town with homes being pulled down. Disheartened locals in Westruther, Scotland , have seen the area drastically change with eviction notices being served to tenants. 2 Protesters gathered outside the home of 67-year-old Grace Donaldson to challenge their eviction Credit: BBC 2 Tenants say they are being forced to move and some will "lose everything" Credit: BBC Before the pandemic , tenants on Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) were looking forward to a planned programme of upgrades to their properties. Planning permission had also just been granted to Eildon Housing Association (EHA) for 10 family homes to be built on land across the road. But during the summer of 2021, BHA's tenants were told they were being evicted to allow for their homes to be pulled down. And the unfinished neighbouring development in Eildon now also looks set to be demolished, leaving residents furious. Grace Donaldson, 67, is the caretaker, cook and cleaner at the local primary school. Grace, who chairs the village hall committee and is secretary of the area's community council, has slammed the decision. A worried Grace told the BBC : "I stand to lose everything as neither me or my husband drive. "This has been our home for 25 years and I didn't want to move, but they were so determined to get us out that I agreed that we'd move across the road to the Eildon development. "That's not happening now and they want to move us to the other side of Coldstream - 20 miles away." Another local, John Purves, bought his home on Edgar Road about 15 years ago. Despite what he describes as "pressure" from BHA, he is refusing to sell his semi-detached property. A defiant John said: "The development across the road is falling apart and there is a growing threat to the houses that are already here. "The heart of this village is being ripped out by these housing associations." On){kind=link}
RESIDENTS are fearing their village will turn into a ghost town with homes being pulled down.
Disheartened locals in Westruther, Scotland, have seen the area drastically change with eviction notices being served to tenants.
Before the pandemic, tenants on Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA) were looking forward to a planned programme of upgrades to their properties.
Planning permission had also just been granted to Eildon Housing Association (EHA) for 10 family homes to be built on land across the road.
But during the summer of 2021, BHA’s tenants were told they were being evicted to allow for their homes to be pulled down.